Exercise After Burn Injury

Exercise After Burn Injury consists of a suite of resources to help individuals with burn injury understand the importance of exercise after injury.

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Videos

Our featured video highlights three burn survivors who share the profound experience of beginning an exercise routine after burn injury. It also includes the perspectives of health care professionals at the Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System Center, who explain the importance of and strategies for exercising after burn injury.

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Exercise after Burn Injury

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Exercise after Burn Injury

As your burns heal after a burn injury you may notice that your skin feels tighter. You may not be able to move your joints as far and as freely as before. This tightness and lack of movement may make it harder to take care of your everyday activities like bathing, dressing, and eating. This slideshow will help you learn more about how exercise can help you regain you're range of motion.

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Understanding and Improving Body Image after Burn Injury

Major burn injuries can change how the body looks and works. Burn injuries can also lead to body image concerns. Body image refers to how happy, comfortable, and confident a person is with how he or she looks. About one-third of burn survivors have severe distress about changes in the way their body looks, feels, and works when they are first hospitalized. Almost everyone has ups and downs as they heal. But most children and adults get used to the change in their appearance over time.

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Understanding and Improving Body Image after Burn Injury

Major burn injuries can change how the body looks and functions and lead to body image distress. Body image is defined as how satisfied, comfortable and confident a person is with his or her appearance. This slideshow provides tips for understanding and improving your body image.

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Social Interaction after Burn Injury

Some burn injury survivors have changes in their appearance. They may worry about how people will react to them when they leave the hospital and go out in public.

Understanding challenges with social interactions

Some of the social challenges that burn survivors face after they leave the safe zone of the hospital and return to their communities include:

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Social Interaction after Burn Injury

The way people react (verbally and non-verbally) can make it more difficult to feel confident during social interactions. While some burn survivors are not bothered by the reactions of others, you may find it helpful to learn social skills to face these challenges successfully. This slideshow addresses these and other issues related to social interactions after a burn injury.